Sep 26, 2018 | Articles, Autoimmunity, Brain Health, Digestive Health, Featured Articles, Hormone Health, Leaky Gut
Disruption of the gut-brain axis is a common and often overlooked cause of both digestive and brain symptoms. Chronic digestive problems are often caused by poor nutrition, chronic imbalances of the microbiome (healthy gut bugs), and gut infections that send...
Apr 9, 2018 | Articles, Autoimmunity, Brain Health, Featured Articles, Hormone Health
If you’re dealing with autoimmunity or a chronic inflammatory condition, you’ve probably noticed that your symptoms tend to wax and wane and sometimes it’s difficult to figure out what makes you feel better or worse. You might have tried to pin down...
Mar 20, 2018 | Articles, Autoimmunity, Brain Health, Digestive Health, Featured Articles, Leaky Gut
When Carolyn and I began working together she had been to several doctors including multiple trips to the ER and neurologist for extreme muscle weakness, difficulty walking, difficulty thinking, difficulty carrying out day-to-day tasks without exhaustive failure, and...
Feb 12, 2018 | Articles, Autoimmunity, Brain Health, Featured Articles
Our autonomic nervous system innervates internal tissues, organs, and glands. It controls the things we do, but don’t think about like heart rate, respiratory rate, and digestion. Even though we don’t think about it, it affects how we think, act, and feel. The...
Dec 19, 2017 | Articles, Autoimmunity, Featured Articles, Hormone Health, Thyroid Health
The thyroid is an endocrine (hormone secreting) gland that is located below your Adam’s apple. It is often referred to as the body’s “thermostat,” because thyroid hormones regulate our temperature and the metabolism in every cell of our body –...
Dec 14, 2017 | Articles, Autoimmunity, Brain Health, Digestive Health, Featured Articles, Hormone Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine
Finding the right nutrition plan can be frustrating. Many people tell me they are fed up with trying to feed their health correctly and just want someone to tell them exactly what to do. This is why fad diets come and go and often leave people more confused than...